books44 Chapter 660: Secrets of the Old House (2)
Chapter 660: Secrets of the Old House (2)
From Mu Longguang, I learned that he cultivated his Force to the fourth level of Dragon Subduing when he was about 35 years old, and broke through the fifth level of Water Breaking when he was nearly 50 years old. Although he was nothing in front of people like Jin Dao Hei Jian and Xuan Ying, he was extremely rare in Baijun City. Therefore, the city lord Yong Man made him the left general, leading the most elite army in Baijun City. Two years later, he was promoted to the first-class city defender, which can be said to be the most powerful in Baijun City.
The Mo family had been engaged in business for generations and had great wealth. At that time, Mo Shiyuan, who was still the young master, had known Mu Longguang, who was a lieutenant general, for a long time. The friendship between the two deepened, and later they became brothers with different surnames. Mu Longguang was two years older and was the elder brother, while Mo Shiyuan was the younger brother.
One day, Mu Longguang got an ancient book from a poor family whose ancestors had been officials in Baijun City. There was also a piece of yellow paper with many words written on it. When he was about to throw the yellow paper away, he accidentally saw two small characters "Jiu Chong" written on it. He was shocked. It turned out that he remembered Xuan Nanwu, a famous figure in Baijun City more than 400 years ago. "Jiu Chong" was his nickname.
He couldn't help but feel curious, so he opened the letter and read it several times. It turned out to be a farewell letter written by Xuan Nanwu in the name of Xuanzong to the people of Baijun City. There was no other name that could be seen.
He knew that Xuan Nanwu was the best martial artist in Cangmu Country and had great power. This letter seemed to be the only thing he left in the world. The masters in the world liked to be mysterious. Although this letter was written in a simple way, it might contain the secrets of their Xuan Sect, but he just couldn't see it.
What made him suspicious was that the letter only had a little over a hundred words, but the letter paper was extremely large. The words in the letter only took up about half of the paper, and the two words "Jiu Chong" fell almost in the middle of the paper.
Mu Longguang was worried that he would not be able to succeed on his own, so he called his good brother Mo Shiyuan to study with him what other secrets were hidden in the letter. Unfortunately, the two of them read it over and over again for more than ten days, but still could not find any other hidden meanings.
Mu Longguang didn't care about it. He thought that this "Nineth Level" might not have any connection with Xuan Nanwu, or it might represent some other meaning. So he threw the letter on the desk and went to take care of other things in Bai Juncheng.
As luck would have it, Mu Longguang's son was only five or six years old at the time. He was very naughty and ran into Mu Longguang's study to play. Seeing some random words written on the letter on the desk, he picked up the brush on the desk, dipped it in thick ink and started to paint on it, regardless of whether it was waste paper discarded by his father.
The little boy's mischief was not noticed by other adults, so no one stopped him.
It was not until the evening when Mu Longguang returned home that he discovered that the letter had been scribbled beyond recognition. He was about to scold his child for his mischief when he glanced and saw that the black paper was illuminated by the candlelight and showed bright colorful lines.
He was so shocked that he wanted to pick up the paper and take a closer look. Unfortunately, the paper was old and rotten after being soaked in ink, so he could not pick it up at all.
Mu Longguang had to look carefully under the candlelight and vaguely discovered that the bright line looked like a map, but the candlelight was dim and it was not very clear.
The next day, he called Mo Shiyuan over again to look at the scribbled letter together. It was a sunny day, and the sun shone obliquely on the paper on the desk, and the colorful bright lines were very clear. It was indeed a mysterious picture!
The original letter paper was destroyed, so the two found white paper and carefully traced the illustration. When the bright lines became dark and unclear, they used ink to cover the original. The original was old, and after several cycles of wet and dry, it became even more tattered and could never be restored to its original appearance.
Fortunately, the traced illustration has been considered a reproduction of the original picture, except for two or three subtle details that are not very clear.
Mu Longguang and Mo Shiyuan only looked at the replica map twice before they recognized the map of Baijun City. However, it was very old and did not resemble the current layout of the city, which was only 50% similar.
It took the two of them nearly three months to figure out the location of the word "Jiuchong". It turned out to be a barren mountain with many ruins not far from Mo's home.
The two of them took the map and ran to the barren mountain to check. Combined with the rumors that had been circulating in Bai Juncheng for hundreds of years, they determined that that was where Xuanzong's old residence was located.
Mu Longguang discussed with Mo Shiyuan and immediately decided to buy the barren mountain. Mo Shiyuan paid for it and included it in the Mo family garden. He also built a wall nearly ten feet high around the boundary of the land, thus forming the current Mo family garden.
Xuanying had long heard that the Mo family garden covered a vast area of nearly a thousand acres. He thought that even the richest family could not live in such a large piece of land. It turned out that the Mo family built such a large garden in order to find the things left by my ancestors.
Everyone knew that there were many treasures hidden in Xuanzong's old house. After Mu Longguang and Mo Shiyuan bought the barren mountain, they started searching inside, but they found nothing for more than ten years.
There was also a dark line marked in the illustration, which should be a dark room, but unfortunately that place was very subtle, and it just happened that one of the two places was not clearly depicted. Although the two regretted and felt sorry, they could do nothing about it.